In general, air pollution and global warming results from pouring hundreds of millions of tons of gases and participates into the atmosphere including the major greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide, methane (CH4), the halocarbons (CFCs) and nitrous oxide. ... This pollutant forms when moisture in the air combines with nitrogen oxide and sulfur dioxide released by automobiles, by factories, and by power plants that burn coal or oil. ...

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Many of us are familiar with the Lorax, the character invented by the late, great Dr. Seuss, who incessantly tried to save the Truffula trees from destruction by the greed-driven villain, the Once-ler. Ahead of its time, visionary, or just stating the obvious, Dr. Seuss's story of the Lorax and the...

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GLOBAL WARMING In 1990, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), an international body established by the United Nations to provide scientific advise to global policy makers regarding such issues as the buildup of greenhouse gases, evidence and attribution of climate change, a...

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